Passenger Trains > Texas Eagle in Austin

Paid a visit to the UP main this morning in Austin and caught Amtrak 22, The Texas Eagle.


 

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Is that between Oltorf & Mary St?

Wonder if that loco is fitted with the exhaust reflectors as are used on No's 27 and 28 to keep the fumes out of the transition sleeper which is sold as revenue space. Does Amtrak also provide earplugs? 

Hou74-76 Wrote:
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> Is that between Oltorf & Mary St?

yes it is

Dandersonb109 Wrote:
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> Wonder if that loco is fitted with the exhaust
> reflectors as are used on No's 27 and 28 to keep
> the fumes out of the transition sleeper which is
> sold as revenue space. Does Amtrak also provide
> earplugs? 

Exhaust isn’t an issue when a transition car is placed directly behind the power as in this picture.  The issue arises when a car with an upper level end door is in this position, because fumes blowing back along the engine’s roof line find their way through the door.  On 27/28 the Superiner lounge is the recipient of this noxious intrusion.

Dave

Correct, non-issue with transition car. 

I thought the exhaust deflector was installed on the diaphragm of the first car, not on the locomotive?  Or is there an alternative design now in use on trains such as #28?

Very Nice Shot !!!

andersonb109 Wrote:
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> Wonder if that loco is fitted with the exhaust
> reflectors as are used on No's 27 and 28 to keep
> the fumes out of the transition sleeper which is
> sold as revenue space. Does Amtrak also provide
> earplugs? 

27 and 28 do not run with a transition car. That comes from 7 and 8. The lounge runs on 27 and 28 and is right behind the locomotive and yes, they put the deflectors up when they can.